Government facing mounting opposition to plans to scrap NHS bursaries The government is facing mounting opposition from health unions over its plans to scrap NHS bursaries and replace them with loans from August next year.
This is despite a debate on the issue in the House of Commons yesterday, prompted by shadow health secretary Heidi Alexander, which resulted in defeat for calls to ditch the plans.
Under the proposals, prospective students will have to stump up the fees for courses like nursing, speech and language therapy, healthcare science, pharmacy and midwifery. Around 80,000 healthcare students are supported by a bursary. OnMedica
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